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Rusty 06-15-2017 09:51 PM

I'm 61. I get the blow-bys, the rev until the limiter kicks in idiots. I just laugh at them. But every once in awhile. I won't brake for a turn and see if these idiots can hang.

Leadfoot 06-15-2017 10:19 PM

omg Thank you! i thought it was just in NY and paranoya. Whats crazy is people driving mustangs and camaros and vets driving in my area dont get bothered. I drive in the right lane doing 45mph and clowns flock to me like flys on dodo. Every day is a challege for me to not to socome to roadrage:mad::driving::mad:

Leadfoot 06-15-2017 10:31 PM

I get a jack *** every day pull up to my passenger side window pace me and then fly by doing 100mph but instead of going about there business thee morons proceed to slam on there brakes and do the whole dam thing over again at least 3 times !

Rusty 06-15-2017 10:50 PM

Driving the Z is easy compared to the motorhome. My motorhome is 41ft long, plus add a Grand Cherokee that I'm towing. I'm around 60+ft in total length, and 41,000 lbs in weight. I get idiots who pass me, then pull right in front of me. Then slam on the brakes for a red light. Leaving me with little room to slow down in time. Then I get the morons who expect me to slow down or move over when they are merging from an on ramp. They got the yield sign, I don't. :mad: Air horns will do wonders for a sleeping/texting driver. :eek: :rofl2: I do get a good view of shenanigans going on in the passing car or truck. :eek::rofl2:

370zHawaii 06-15-2017 11:37 PM

Love it, I can attest to this as well. I also enjoy the occasional mini van moms in their joyous attempts to "take me" at the light.

axmea? 06-16-2017 12:55 AM

Sadly it frequently happens to me.

ChaseZ 06-16-2017 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Jayhovah (Post 3664937)
Everyone where I live seems to be of the OP's age bracket... so I rarely get bothered.

That's because you live where the rest of North America retires :icon17:

JARblue 06-16-2017 04:13 AM

I've found that driving about 15 mph over the speed limit seems to avoid a lot of encounters. Most people don't want to go more than 5-10 mph over the speed limit, so they generally don't try to keep up with me. And the ones that do keep up often want to go faster than 15 mph over, so I let them pass me.

Or just find some turns, like Rusty says. It's amazing how many Porsche drivers I've seen fly past me on the highway only to get stuck behind them going agonizingly slow on the curved exit ramp (and I'm in my wife's Accord!) :shakes head:

Cyber370 06-16-2017 06:13 AM

It doesn't happen to me often with the Z. When I had a C5 Corvette, it was unbearable. I got rid of that car in part because of it.
I've found that I get a lot of respect with the Z. I've only had one situation where a BRZ driver wanted to race me on a Highway. I just ignored him. It isn't worth losing my license or getting my car impounded. That is what they do to anyone caught in the 100 mile/hr range in my area. It takes a lot of maturity to drive these cars without getting in trouble.


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mults 06-16-2017 06:27 AM

It happens almost every time I drive the Z and I'm 62...It's not the age of the Z driver, but the low IQ of the people around you. I used to "play the game" as in speed up to get some distance between us, but then that just gets these idiots more involved. So now, I do exactly the speed limit (maybe 2 MPH less) and give a turn signal or two and it finally gives the message to back-off. If not,oh well. They can pass me if they want to, but I don't risk a ticket or even worse; some kind of road rage. As you "mature" :) you finally realize it's not worth the trouble to entertain these morons...

Rusty 06-16-2017 06:42 AM

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You what to see people shatter and run in other directions. Stick this out the window with the 30 rounder in it. :eek: But this is something that I will never do, but thought about it.

MacCool 06-16-2017 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 3665058)
I'm 61. I get the blow-bys, the rev until the limiter kicks in idiots. I just laugh at them. But every once in awhile. I won't brake for a turn and see if these idiots can hang.

LOL. I've done that...it's my guilty pleasure. There's a tight sweeping highway exit around here that the Z can handle at 70 MPH. It's especially amusing to hit that with a 35 year old driving a jacked 4x4 riding my ***. I can accelerate out of that and be a mile down the highway before he exits the turn. He'd need to hit ridiculous speeds to catch me.

mults 06-16-2017 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by MacCool (Post 3665169)
LOL. I've done that...it's my guilty pleasure. There's a tight sweeping highway exit around here that the Z can handle at 70 MPH. It's especially amusing to hit that with a 35 year old driving a jacked 4x4 riding my ***. I can accelerate out of that and be a mile down the highway before he exits the turn. He'd need to hit ridiculous speeds to catch me.

Yeah, it's great to catch and blow by them...they know they are out-gunned on the curves and tend to not get close to you again...too embarrassed...

JTM88 06-16-2017 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MacCool (Post 3665169)
LOL. I've done that...it's my guilty pleasure. There's a tight sweeping highway exit around here that the Z can handle at 70 MPH. It's especially amusing to hit that with a 35 year old driving a jacked 4x4 riding my ***. I can accelerate out of that and be a mile down the highway before he exits the turn. He'd need to hit ridiculous speeds to catch me.



I love doing that to people especially on u turns that go under the freeway. They'll be behind me one second and nowhere to be seen the next. One guy almost plowed through a barrier in his maxima trying to keep up, understeer on passenger car tires is a bitch.


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Btalont 06-16-2017 01:40 PM

I'm 61 too...some times I can't resist handing out a lesson or two..had an SRT jeep try to leave me on an on ramp...crawled up his behind and backed off...then he tried to hang with me around one of my more favorite exchange ramps..easy to do at 85 or more...bye bye SRT... I love my Z!:happydance:


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